Question

    There are many stories of Chinese parents helping their children with homework on the Internet. Some parents even joke they should start looking for new parents for their kids to keep_________away from helping their kids with their homework. Too much homework can be bad for the health of students and a study showed it's not healthy for their parents,_________

A 33-year-old woman in Nanjing has a daughter. One night in late October, the daughter didn't do her homework_________wasted only a little time. The mother became really angry and suddenly got acute cerebral infarction(急性脑梗塞). She was_________to the hospital at once. Luckily, the mother got better after some time.

Many parents say they have the same experience. “ I didn't stop helping my son with his homework_________I got ill when he was in the fifth grade. As my life is more important, I _________ to let the homework go.” says a mother.

“I am helping my child with his study now and I have a mixed_________of tiredness and anger. My son was asked to finish an easy Maths problem and write his name in ten minutes. And three minutes later, my son was still working on his name. I have to try my best to keep myself from shouting at him.”says_________mother.

A survey shows that Chinese students spend around three hours every day_________their homework. Their homework is not just about knowledge from textbooks. Teachers also ask parents to help their children finish handcrafts((手工艺品) or to prepare teaching materials for school. These are really__________work for Chinese parents. They are under great pressure.

1.A.itself B.yourself C.himself D.themselves

2.A.also B.neither C.either D.too

3.A.so B.and C.or D.if

4.A.given B.heard C.ridden D.sent

5.A.because B.unless C.after D.until

6.A.decided B.discussed C.suggested D.realized

7.A.warmth B.feeling C.thought D.ability

8.A.other B.others C.another D.the other

9.A.in B.on C.with D.to

10.A.heavy B.wonderful C.convenient D.proud

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

本文主要讲述了辅导孩子作业这件事情，给中国父母带来的巨大压力。

1.句意：一些家长甚至开玩笑说，他们应该开始为孩子寻找新的父母，以避免帮助孩子做作业。

句子中主语是some parents, 根据句意可知一些父母想让他们自己远离帮助孩子写作业这件事情，所以这里用“他们自己”，故选D。

2.句意：过多的家庭作业可能对学生的健康有害，一项研究表明，家庭作业对他们的父母也不健康。

also也，一般用于句子中间；neither也不；either也，用于否定句句末;too也，用于肯定句句末。此句是否定句，表示也，故选C。

3.句意：十月下旬的一天晚上，女儿没有做作业，只浪费了一点时间。

so所以，and表示并列或顺承，or否则，if如果；根据原文可知没有写作业和浪费时间是同一类事情，所以中间用and连接，故选B。

4.句意：她立刻被送进了医院。幸运的是，母亲在一段时间后康复了。

given给，heard听到，ridden骑车，sent发送。根据句意可知，她立马被送到了医院，故选D。

5.句意：直到儿子五年级生病，我才停止帮他做作业。

because因为(引导原因状语从句)，unless除非(引导条件状语从句)，after在…之后(引导时间状语从句)，until直到(引导时间状语从句)。句子中有until, 结合句意，这里用到not…until…直到…才，故选D。

6.句意：一位母亲说：“由于我的生命更重要，我决定不帮助做家庭作业了”。

decide决定，discuss讨论，suggest建议，realize意识到，实现。结合句意及句子中的to可知用到短语decide to do sth决定做某事，故选A。

7.句意：我现在正在帮助我的孩子学习，我有一种疲惫和愤怒的混合感觉。

warmth温暖，feeling感觉，thought思想，ability能力。文中tiredness和anger都是这位母亲的感觉，故选B。

8.句意：另一位母亲说：“我必须尽力不让自己对他大喊大叫”。

other其它的, 后面需要跟名词复数；others其它的，单独使用，后面不跟名词；another另一个，再一个（后接可数名词单数）；the other两者中的另一个。根据句意可知，这里表示“又一，再一”， 故选C。

9.句意: 一项调查显示，中国学生每天花大约三个小时做作业。

in在……里；on在……上with和（表示伴随）；to到。据句子中有spend, spend time on sth在某事上花费时间，故选B。

10.句意：对中国父母来说，这些工作真的很繁重，他们承受着巨大的压力。

heavy繁重的，wonderful极好的，convenient方便的，proud骄傲的。根据对语境的理解，帮助孩子做作业这件事情给中国父母带来了很大的压力，所以对他们来说是项繁重的工作，故选A。